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    1. Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814
    2. Mike Fisher

    3. Hi All I heard that some of the "charabangs" (as pronounced is my childhood) had lorry bodies on during the week and the coach/seating body was put on Friday night for weekend outings. Mike Fisher in Droitwich born Loveday St

    07/16/2008 07:46:04
    1. Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814
    2. Paul Prescott

    3. When I was a lad in the 1950s and 60s the term "charabanc" was still widely in use, but it meant what we would now simply call a coach. It was indeed pronounced "sharra-bang"", and often abbreviated to "sharra". best wishes Paul Prescott ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Fisher" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814 > Hi All > > I heard that some of the "charabangs" (as pronounced is my childhood) had > lorry bodies on during the week and the coach/seating body was put on > Friday > night for weekend outings. > > Mike Fisher in Droitwich born Loveday St > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message >

    07/16/2008 04:06:12
    1. Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814
    2. Dawn Webb

    3. Now this rings a chord with me here in Melbourne Australia. In my long distant childhood, about 50-60 years ago, we used to go on Sunday School picnics. We hired furniture vans that had some seats loosely bolted in - four rows facing sideways - one down each side then a back to back row in the middle. Pretty basic! The only bit to let in daylight was the back of the truck - they put the bottom part up but left the top, so from about ten year old waist height up, open. We sang and sang and had great fun. Not a seat belt in sight - not that they had been thought of then. I am guessing our furniture vans were the (perhaps slightly later) Australian equivalent of the English Charabanc. Dawn -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Fisher Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:46 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814 Hi All I heard that some of the "charabangs" (as pronounced is my childhood) had lorry bodies on during the week and the coach/seating body was put on Friday night for weekend outings. Mike Fisher in Droitwich born Loveday St _____________________________________________ _____________________________________________ Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. Any problems, please contact the List Admin: [email protected] ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message __________ NOD32 3271 (20080716) Information __________ This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. http://www.eset.com

    07/17/2008 04:25:30
    1. Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814

    3. Hi .I am also a xbrum and I remember going in them and when I came to Melbourne in 1947 we used the furniture vans For our club fishing trips all over the state . Regards Roy ----- Original Message ----- From: "Dawn Webb" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, July 17, 2008 10:25 AM Subject: Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814 > Now this rings a chord with me here in Melbourne Australia. > > In my long distant childhood, about 50-60 years ago, we used to go on > Sunday > School picnics. We hired furniture vans that had some seats loosely > bolted > in - four rows facing sideways - one down each side then a back to back > row > in the middle. Pretty basic! The only bit to let in daylight was the > back > of the truck - they put the bottom part up but left the top, so from about > ten year old waist height up, open. We sang and sang and had great fun. > Not a seat belt in sight - not that they had been thought of then. > > I am guessing our furniture vans were the (perhaps slightly later) > Australian equivalent of the English Charabanc. > > Dawn > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike > Fisher > Sent: Wednesday, 16 July 2008 10:46 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [B'ham] Days Out from B'ham 1814 > > Hi All > > I heard that some of the "charabangs" (as pronounced is my childhood) had > lorry bodies on during the week and the coach/seating body was put on > Friday > > night for weekend outings. > > Mike Fisher in Droitwich born Loveday St > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk > , giving your contact details? Other researchers will then be able to > make > contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > __________ NOD32 3271 (20080716) Information __________ > > This message was checked by NOD32 antivirus system. > http://www.eset.com > > > _____________________________________________ > _____________________________________________ > > Have you considered adding "postems" to "your" events on > www.freebmd.org.uk , giving your contact details? Other researchers will > then be able to make contact. Click on the info button to add your postem. > > Any problems, please contact the List Admin: > [email protected] > ------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to > [email protected] with the word 'unsubscribe' > without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message > > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG - http://www.avg.com > Version: 8.0.138 / Virus Database: 270.5.0/1556 - Release Date: 16/07/2008 > 4:56 PM > > >

    07/20/2008 12:55:18